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FLAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION r1150 JULY 3.1911.

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F. C. HARTUNG.

FLAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.1917.

1,319,334. Patented (m 21,1919.

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FLAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FELIX G. HARTUNG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FLAG-HOLDER Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 3, 1917. Serial No. 178,395.

To all whom it mag 0002067 12.

Be it known that I, FELIX G. HARTUNG, a former subject of the King ofEngland,

.Who has declared his intentions of becoming a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook,

and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Flag- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in flag holders designed for useparticularly upon automobiles, and has for its object the production ofa device of this character which will be of durable andeconomicalconstruction, one which may be readily and easily appliedorremoved, and one which will be adapted to securely hold the flags withwhich the same cooperates.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed. v The invention will be bestunderstood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the holder,

Fig. 2, a perspective view illustrating the application of the holder toan automobile radiator,

Fig. 3, atop plan view of a slightly modified form of constructionshowing the same applied to a radiator filling pipe,

Fig. 4:, a side elevation of an automobile wheel equipped with anotherform of the invention, V

Fig. 5, a central section through the form of the device shown in Fig.4, the helical tension spring included in the construction in Figs. 1and 2 comprises a circular body 7 which is or" a size adapting the sameto embrace the article to which the same is to be applied. At one sideof the body 7 are provided substantially vertically .disposed sockets 8which are inter-connected and connected with the body 7 by a shank, 9.

The parts 7, 8 and 9 are 'formed of a single piece of wire which is bentupon itself to form first the body 7, the ends of the wire usedterminating at one side of said body. Said body is formed of a series ofconvolutions or tortuosities which are disposed substantially parallelto the axis. of said body, allowing for a yieldable clamping of thedevice engaged and at the same time permitting of adjustment of the sizeor diameter of said body, it being clear that the size may be reduced bysimply pinching together the sides of each convolution by means of apair of pliers or other suitable tool. In order to increase the size ofthe body, it is only necessary to widen the convolutions, as will ofcourse be readily appreciated. The sockets 8. and shank 9 are formedintermediate the ends of the piece of wire the exact formation andinterconnection of these parts being clearly illustrated in Fig, 1 ofthe drawing.

The terminals of the Wire which are disposed atone side of the body 7are formed into loops or eyes 10 which are adjustably connected by meansof a bolt 11 and cooperating nut 12. If desired, the terminals of thewire may be spaced a considerable distance apart and connected by ahelical tension spring 13 as seen in Fig. 3.

In using the device, the body of the same is applied to the article towhich the flags are to be applied, as for instance the filler pipe 14:of anautomobile radiator, the device being especially designed for suchap- Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

plication. The stalfs 15 of the flags to be supported are forced intothe sockets 8, said sockets being preferably of such diameter that inapplying the flag stafis, it will be necessary to rotate the same intoposition, the convolutions of the wire forming threads in the flagstaffs, as clearly seen in Fig. 5, which results in secure holding ofthe flag stafis, as will be readily understood. A smooth thin liner 16of fiber or other suitable material is interposed between the body ofthe device and the filler ipe 14: in order to prevent marrin of theatter, and at the same time to provl e a smooth engaging surface so asto permit of ready rotation of the device to carry the flags to one sideor rearwardly of the filling pipe in order to permit of ready filling ofthe radiator without interference by the device or the flags heldthereby. The yieldable engagement of the device with the filler pipe ofcourse also facilitates this rotary ad ustment of the same.

In the form shown in Fig. 4, the device is also formed of a single pieceof wire, the body 7 thereof being adapted to engage with the hub of anautomobile wheel, as will be readily understood. In this form the endsof the body 7 are shown yieldingly connected by means of a helicaltension spring 13. In this form the sockets 8' are radially disposed soas to appropriately support the flag staffs 15 in radial position aroundthe hub of the wheel.

In the form shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, a two-part spring clip 17 isprovided, the parts of said clip being adjustably connected together bymeans of a screw 18 and cooperating nut 19. The curved rearward ends ofsaid clip. members are adapted to embrace the filling pipe of theautomobile radiator, the forward ends of said clip parts beingcorrespondingly grooved or recessed to embrace a central flag stafi 20.

Upon the flag staff 20 is arranged a supplemental holder 21 formed of asingle piece of wire which is bent centrally upon itself to embrace saidstaff 20, the ends of said wire being then extended outwardly inopposite directions and coiled to form outwardly inclined sockets 22 forthe support of additional flag staffs 23 in the same manner as thesockets 8 and 8 of the forms before described. The ends of said wire arethen brought inwardly and upwardly and the offset terminals thereof areengaged with an opening or socket 24 formed in the staff 20, as clearlyseen in Fig. 8. With this arrangement it will be seen that the holder 21will be positively locked to the staff 20 adapting said holder tosecurely support the flag staffs inserted in the sockets 22.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred forms ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, these are capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

expansible split body adapted to clampinglyv engage the article to whichthe flags are to be applied; means adjustably connecting the ends ofsaid body; and a socket adapted to receive the flag staff to besupported, said body and socket being formed of a single piece of wirebent upon itself into the form desired, substantially as described.

3. A flag holder comprising a circularly expansible split body adaptedto clampingly engage the article to which the flags are to be applied;means adjustably connecting the ends of said body; and a socket carriedby said body adapted to receive the flag staff to be supported,substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FELIX C. HARTIJNG. Witnesses:

JosHUA R. H. Po'r'rs, HELEN F. LILLIS.

